Comic Title: Strange Adventures #214
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Sep/Oct 1968
On Sale Date: July 23, 1968 Copyright Date July 23, 1968
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1968

Newsstand Date July 23, 1968
Source: Comic Reader, #67

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dick Giordano

Title: "To Haunt a Killer"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Deadman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Neal Adams

Reprinted In:
Deadman #6 (1985)
Deadman Collection HC (2002)
Deadman Vol. 2 TPB (2012)
Deadman Omnibus HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Deadman (last appearance in Brave and the Bold #79; next appearance in Strange Adventures #215)

Villain(s)

• Phil (a hitman; dies in this story; next appearance in Strange Adventures #215)
• Phil's boss and his henchmen (Irene and Charlie named; no further appearances)
• Willie Smith (an assassin; name revealed in Strange Adventures #215; next appearance in Strange Adventures #215)

Other Character(s)

• Ruth (Phil's fiance; no further appearances)
• Fred Ames (dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Fred's wife and son (no further appearances)
• Mr. Ames (Fred's father; next appearance in Strange Adventures #215)
• An unnamed murder target (no further appearances)
• The Zoriastors (a team of acrobats; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Rama Kushna (in flashback)

Comments:
This story continues in Strange Adventures #215.

Synopsis:
Deadman has run out of lead's to track down the Hook. He regrets the loss of his life and takes over the body of Phil, a man attending the circus. Deadman enjoys an evening with Phil's fiance Ruth, but he eventually comes to realize that taking another man's life is wrong. He leaves Phil's body, only to discover too late that the man is a professional killer.

After Phil murders Fred Ames, Deadman follows Phil and meets the boss who hired him. Deadman then takes control of Phil again and forces him to break his engagement to Ruth. He must then act to save her life. However, Phil's boss double-crosses the killer and tries to have him killed too. Deadman saves Phil's life, but makes him a hero in the process.

Deadman wants to see justice served, so he takes control of Fred Ames's father and disguises himself as Fred. He then haunts the killer and forces him to confess. As Phil is taken into police custody, another killer disguised as a cop murders him and escapes.